cucus
French
Adjective
cucus
Latin
Etymology
Found in Plautus. Compare cuculus and Ancient Greek κόκκυξ (kókkux). Possibly onomatopoetic also.
Noun
cucus m (genitive cucī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cucus | cucī |
| Genitive | cucī | cucōrum |
| Dative | cucō | cucīs |
| Accusative | cucum | cucōs |
| Ablative | cucō | cucīs |
| Vocative | cuce | cucī |
Descendants
References
- “cucus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cucus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- cucus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.